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| 5352856806 | Extended Metaphor | a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem | 0 | |
| 5352891141 | Hyperbole | exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally | 1 | |
| 5352893907 | Litotes | ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary | 2 | |
| 5352902165 | Oxymoron | a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction | 3 | |
| 5352911645 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 4 | |
| 5352937115 | Understatement | the presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it is | 5 | |
| 5352959672 | Allusion | an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it directly | 6 | |
| 5352970131 | Analogy | a comparison between two unlike things for the purpose of explanation or clarification | 7 | |
| 5352979857 | Anaphora | the deliberate repetition of the first part of the sentence in order to achieve an artistic effect | 8 | |
| 5352987472 | Aphorism | a pithy observation that contains a general truth | 9 | |
| 5353005591 | Antithesis | a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. | 10 | |
| 5353015056 | Epigraph | a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme | 11 | |
| 5353025938 | Juxtaposition | the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect. | 12 | |
| 5353030471 | Parallel Structure | the repetition of a chosen grammatical form within a sentence | 13 | |
| 5353036666 | Incident | an event or occurance | 14 | |
| 5353039381 | Apostrophe | characters addressing other characters or things/ideas that are not present in the scene. | 15 | |
| 5353087999 | Synesthesia | the blending of senses | 16 | |
| 5353090891 | Rhetorical Question | a question that you ask without expecting an answer | 17 | |
| 5353094762 | Bildungsroman | focus on psychological and moral growth of a character | 18 | |
| 5353105769 | Anticlimax | conclusion to an event that is much less exciting or important than expected | 19 | |
| 5353109275 | Archtype | event or character that seems to be universal and represent the normal | 20 | |
| 5353120052 | Confidant | a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others | 21 | |
| 5353127972 | Narrative voice | either character or author's voice | 22 | |
| 5353133432 | Suspension of disbelief | a willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment. | 23 | |
| 5353144683 | Subplot | story within the main plot and it usually parallel to it | 24 |
